Psychoeducational evaluation of school-aged children may involve a comparison of examinees' language comprehension and production skills. To facilitate the diagnostic process, this paper presents a table of critical values for the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals—Revised, which can be used to evaluate the statistical significance of observed-score discrepancies. Theoretical implications of such discrepancies are also discussed.
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